NUJ Branch July 2021
News on the right to disconnect, the campaign to stop the privatisation of Channel 4 and a former George Viner scholar describes how the charity has helped him.
In this issue:
- The right to disconnect. Laura Bambrick, head of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ social policy, explains the new code in Ireland designed to counter the always-on culture.
- Hands Off Channel 4. Broadcasting organiser Paul Siegert examines the government’s plan to flog off the station.
- Nabil Mehdinejad describes how a bursary from the George Viner Memorial Fund led him from mixing cocktails to making awarding winning documentaries, as the deadline looms for applications to the NUJ’s charity.
- Reporting trauma. Former BBC journalist Jo Healy explains how her course can help journalists when interviewing vulnerable people.